Karl Lange
@thearkangell.bsky.social
Board game designer / developer / engineer / dad based in Melbourne Australia.
Winner of 2021 Cardboard Edison Award. He/him.
Winner of 2021 Cardboard Edison Award. He/him.
Reposted by Karl Lange
Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
October 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
Just signed my 12th board game contract!
Currently have 2 games out of print, 2 released 2025, 3 releasing direct to retail 2026 + 3 to kickstarter in 2026, 1 direct to retail in 2027 and one direct to retail 2028!
Currently have 2 games out of print, 2 released 2025, 3 releasing direct to retail 2026 + 3 to kickstarter in 2026, 1 direct to retail in 2027 and one direct to retail 2028!
October 19, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Just signed my 12th board game contract!
Currently have 2 games out of print, 2 released 2025, 3 releasing direct to retail 2026 + 3 to kickstarter in 2026, 1 direct to retail in 2027 and one direct to retail 2028!
Currently have 2 games out of print, 2 released 2025, 3 releasing direct to retail 2026 + 3 to kickstarter in 2026, 1 direct to retail in 2027 and one direct to retail 2028!
Last day of @paxaus.bsky.social is kicking off in less than 2 hours! Come find me in Collabratory demoing Fragged Cosmos @fraggedempire.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Last day of @paxaus.bsky.social is kicking off in less than 2 hours! Come find me in Collabratory demoing Fragged Cosmos @fraggedempire.bsky.social
3 games in 3 days! I'll be demoing Fragged Cosmos at @paxaus #Collaboratory Friday arvo and Sunday morning! I have been working on this one for close to 3 years and we're nearing completion with crowdfunding by Fragged Empire RPG planned for 2026 #boardgames #prototype #design
October 8, 2025 at 8:29 AM
3 games in 3 days! I'll be demoing Fragged Cosmos at @paxaus #Collaboratory Friday arvo and Sunday morning! I have been working on this one for close to 3 years and we're nearing completion with crowdfunding by Fragged Empire RPG planned for 2026 #boardgames #prototype #design
Another day another #prototype ! One more game I am showing at #DevCon on Thursday - Salmon Run.
Using programmed movement, players move salmon up the river, and position their bears to hopefully eat them before others get to them!
#boardgames #design
Using programmed movement, players move salmon up the river, and position their bears to hopefully eat them before others get to them!
#boardgames #design
October 7, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Another day another #prototype ! One more game I am showing at #DevCon on Thursday - Salmon Run.
Using programmed movement, players move salmon up the river, and position their bears to hopefully eat them before others get to them!
#boardgames #design
Using programmed movement, players move salmon up the river, and position their bears to hopefully eat them before others get to them!
#boardgames #design
First time in a few months to actually make a physical prototype - this one is: A Walk on the Beach - for the @buttonshy.bsky.social Cosy Game contest.
I will be testing it at #DevCon by #TGDA in the lead up to @paxaus.bsky.social
#boardgames #design #prototype
I will be testing it at #DevCon by #TGDA in the lead up to @paxaus.bsky.social
#boardgames #design #prototype
October 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
First time in a few months to actually make a physical prototype - this one is: A Walk on the Beach - for the @buttonshy.bsky.social Cosy Game contest.
I will be testing it at #DevCon by #TGDA in the lead up to @paxaus.bsky.social
#boardgames #design #prototype
I will be testing it at #DevCon by #TGDA in the lead up to @paxaus.bsky.social
#boardgames #design #prototype
My shelf is growing - 6 of my released and upcoming games!
October 3, 2025 at 3:12 AM
My shelf is growing - 6 of my released and upcoming games!
For my American friends, Sit Down will be running a Kickstarter campaign to bring Octocube to the American market - this is one of my earliest designs and one I'm very proud of - please follow along to see when it goes live!
Coming soon: OCTOCUBE – The Magnetic Cubes from the Ocean Depths
Carefully choose the tiles you collect with your magnetic cube 🐙 deep beneath the sea. Includes three game levels. US-only campaign.
www.kickstarter.com
September 13, 2025 at 10:52 PM
For my American friends, Sit Down will be running a Kickstarter campaign to bring Octocube to the American market - this is one of my earliest designs and one I'm very proud of - please follow along to see when it goes live!
Great day today working on Tiny Homes board game and Fragged Cosmos board game, both coming to Kickstarter in the next 12 months!
September 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Great day today working on Tiny Homes board game and Fragged Cosmos board game, both coming to Kickstarter in the next 12 months!
Reposted by Karl Lange
For people in Melbs @meepleuniversity.bsky.social is hosting the Tabletop Takeover at Big Games Night Out at Fed Square. They'll be playing a life size version of Octocube by @thearkangell.bsky.social This sounds so FUN! Oct 9, 4 pm til late.
www.biggamesnightout.com/tabletop-tak...
www.biggamesnightout.com/tabletop-tak...
August 30, 2025 at 4:46 AM
For people in Melbs @meepleuniversity.bsky.social is hosting the Tabletop Takeover at Big Games Night Out at Fed Square. They'll be playing a life size version of Octocube by @thearkangell.bsky.social This sounds so FUN! Oct 9, 4 pm til late.
www.biggamesnightout.com/tabletop-tak...
www.biggamesnightout.com/tabletop-tak...
Well if this isn't exciting I don't know what is: my designer diary for Octocube is on the front page of @boardgamegeek.com! 🤩
boardgamegeek.com/blog/1/blogp...
boardgamegeek.com/blog/1/blogp...
Designer Diary: Octocube | BoardGameGeek News
boardgamegeek.com
August 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Well if this isn't exciting I don't know what is: my designer diary for Octocube is on the front page of @boardgamegeek.com! 🤩
boardgamegeek.com/blog/1/blogp...
boardgamegeek.com/blog/1/blogp...
Day 4 of GenCon is about to begin! Crazy couple of days so far pitching, playing & buying games, and meeting lovely people!
August 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Day 4 of GenCon is about to begin! Crazy couple of days so far pitching, playing & buying games, and meeting lovely people!
About to board my flight to Indie, GenCon2025 here I come!
July 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
About to board my flight to Indie, GenCon2025 here I come!
Deep Print Games has published my designer diary for Under the Mango Tree on their website where I go through my creative process and the changes that each element went through from idea to final game 🙂
Under the Mango Tree – Designer's Diary – Deep Print Games
www.deep-print-games.com
June 18, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Deep Print Games has published my designer diary for Under the Mango Tree on their website where I go through my creative process and the changes that each element went through from idea to final game 🙂
A few days late, but I was invited to be in Meeple University's April Fools video this year 🤩 Come and join myself and other designers as you learn how to win every board game 😉
Get READY To WIN Big with Board Game Designers Strategies
YouTube video by Meeple University
youtu.be
April 3, 2025 at 9:47 PM
A few days late, but I was invited to be in Meeple University's April Fools video this year 🤩 Come and join myself and other designers as you learn how to win every board game 😉
Welp, there's a @semicoop.bsky.social comic of one of my games 😶
Extra comic, thanks to Deep Print Games! 🥭 ... Oh no, we totally forgot to mention our bee-strategy! 🌳🐝✨
Under the Mango Tree is a quick and fun family game that will be in retail in March of this year!
More info at: www.semicoop.com/comic/mango-...
Under the Mango Tree is a quick and fun family game that will be in retail in March of this year!
More info at: www.semicoop.com/comic/mango-...
March 28, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Welp, there's a @semicoop.bsky.social comic of one of my games 😶
One project that I have been committing a substantial amount of time to over the last 3 years is Fragged Cosmos - a non-destructive legacy sandbox game based on the Fragged Empire RPG universe.
We are coming to the pointy end of the project with a crowdfunding hopefully toward the end of 2025
We are coming to the pointy end of the project with a crowdfunding hopefully toward the end of 2025
March 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM
One project that I have been committing a substantial amount of time to over the last 3 years is Fragged Cosmos - a non-destructive legacy sandbox game based on the Fragged Empire RPG universe.
We are coming to the pointy end of the project with a crowdfunding hopefully toward the end of 2025
We are coming to the pointy end of the project with a crowdfunding hopefully toward the end of 2025
Great day meeting people, networking and demoing Octocube at the Melbourne Toy Fair. I even found a copy of my upcoming game Mythic Baths at the Good Games booth (coming Q3 2025) 😃
March 2, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Great day meeting people, networking and demoing Octocube at the Melbourne Toy Fair. I even found a copy of my upcoming game Mythic Baths at the Good Games booth (coming Q3 2025) 😃
At the Australian Toy Fair today!
Always interesting to check out new products and latest trends in the retail space.
I'll be demoing my latest game Octocube at the VR Distribution booth later today too - if you're here come say hi!
Always interesting to check out new products and latest trends in the retail space.
I'll be demoing my latest game Octocube at the VR Distribution booth later today too - if you're here come say hi!
March 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
At the Australian Toy Fair today!
Always interesting to check out new products and latest trends in the retail space.
I'll be demoing my latest game Octocube at the VR Distribution booth later today too - if you're here come say hi!
Always interesting to check out new products and latest trends in the retail space.
I'll be demoing my latest game Octocube at the VR Distribution booth later today too - if you're here come say hi!
Another play of Lord of the Rings Duel for Middle Earth.
Really enjoying it, I'm surprised how much just having a theme I'm invested in makes the game so much more engaging.
Really enjoying it, I'm surprised how much just having a theme I'm invested in makes the game so much more engaging.
February 18, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Another play of Lord of the Rings Duel for Middle Earth.
Really enjoying it, I'm surprised how much just having a theme I'm invested in makes the game so much more engaging.
Really enjoying it, I'm surprised how much just having a theme I'm invested in makes the game so much more engaging.
First game of Harmonies (that I was gifted for Christmas) great little thinky game. I just cracked 100 points. Very satisfying token arranging and lots of competing objectives.
It's interesting it gets compared to Cascadia as it is completely different in play and feel.
It's interesting it gets compared to Cascadia as it is completely different in play and feel.
February 13, 2025 at 10:52 AM
First game of Harmonies (that I was gifted for Christmas) great little thinky game. I just cracked 100 points. Very satisfying token arranging and lots of competing objectives.
It's interesting it gets compared to Cascadia as it is completely different in play and feel.
It's interesting it gets compared to Cascadia as it is completely different in play and feel.
Had a great time playing through the first 4 chapters of The Fellowship of the Ring trick taking game.
Playing as the characters is great & the goals attached to them match their personalities & general intents well. Knowing the IP helps but to me it does feel like we are stepping through the story.
Playing as the characters is great & the goals attached to them match their personalities & general intents well. Knowing the IP helps but to me it does feel like we are stepping through the story.
February 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Had a great time playing through the first 4 chapters of The Fellowship of the Ring trick taking game.
Playing as the characters is great & the goals attached to them match their personalities & general intents well. Knowing the IP helps but to me it does feel like we are stepping through the story.
Playing as the characters is great & the goals attached to them match their personalities & general intents well. Knowing the IP helps but to me it does feel like we are stepping through the story.
Have had a great few days at cancon, playing games and testing prototypes.
Favourite game so far has been Cascadia, and some great feedback on 5 prototypes so far :D
Favourite game so far has been Cascadia, and some great feedback on 5 prototypes so far :D
January 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Have had a great few days at cancon, playing games and testing prototypes.
Favourite game so far has been Cascadia, and some great feedback on 5 prototypes so far :D
Favourite game so far has been Cascadia, and some great feedback on 5 prototypes so far :D
Another great game of Diatoms by @sabrinac.bsky.social cracked 300 points!
January 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Another great game of Diatoms by @sabrinac.bsky.social cracked 300 points!
One of my goals this year is to get my high interaction roll and write with dice drafting and bag building mechanics signed. If you are a publisher that thinks this would suit you or know a publisher this may suit please reach out!
youtu.be/9zI3q3754n8
youtu.be/9zI3q3754n8
Rolling with the Waves Pitch Video
YouTube video by Ark Angel Games
youtu.be
January 12, 2025 at 11:06 AM
One of my goals this year is to get my high interaction roll and write with dice drafting and bag building mechanics signed. If you are a publisher that thinks this would suit you or know a publisher this may suit please reach out!
youtu.be/9zI3q3754n8
youtu.be/9zI3q3754n8